United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/44/44/Add.1 Distr.: General 27 May 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fourth session 15 June–3 July 2020 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Visit to Qatar Report of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity*, ** Summary The Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity visited Qatar from 2 to 10 September 2019, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 35/3. The main purpose of the visit was to learn and understand how the State incorporates human rights into its international solidary strategy and action, to collect good practices in this regard and to identify areas for improvement. The Independent Expert also sought to understand how solidarity was applied within the country. * The summary of the report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in English and Arabic only. ** The document was submitted for processing after the deadline owing to an oversight in the submission process. GE.20-07076(E) 